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Calamintha ashei (Weath.) Shinners
Ashe’s calamint

Calamintha ashei
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Lamiaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States (Florida, Georgia).

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Vulnerable

State of Florida Status: Threatened

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Rare

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Possibly Extirpated or Extinct in the Wild

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Possibly Extirpated

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as possibly extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002; p 127) based on a 1981 collection from near Palmdale in Glades County. No new records are known, but we retain as possibly extirpated as there are many recent observations just over the border in Highlands County and this could be present on private land between Palmdale and the Highlands County line.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: For more imformation, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.

Other data on Calamintha ashei available from :


Calamintha ashei has been found in the following county :
Occurrence Native Status
Glades County Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated

Calamintha ashei has been found in the following habitat :
Scrub

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Calamintha ashei
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Calamintha ashei
Copyright by: Jay Horn via iNaturalist.
Calamintha ashei
Copyright by: Jay Horn via iNaturalist.
Calamintha ashei
Copyright by: Jay Horn via iNaturalist.